Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-28 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- A government selection committee finalized Friday its designation of a southwestern county as the site for a military air base relocation from the neighboring city of Gwangju, a decision that clears the way for an expedited build-out of a major semiconductor cluster.
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[2026-08-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dhaka’s decision to buy the fighters shows that views on Chinese weapons are shifting and the market is opening, military expert says
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[2026-08-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [AESA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dhaka’s decision to buy the fighters shows that views on Chinese weapons are shifting and the market is opening, military expert says
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[2026-08-28 18:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-08-28 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations.
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[2026-08-28 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations.
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[2026-08-28 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The defence pact signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, known for now as the Mecca Agreement, has laid down a firm statement of political intent: to sharpen regional deterrence, and to put the burden of the region's security back in the hands of the region itself.
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[2026-08-28 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stated goal of ending Communist Party rule reflected ex-leaders’ democratic beliefs but there was no actual plan to oust government, defence says
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[2026-08-28 18:39 UTC+10:00] [Albert Ho Chun Yan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stated goal of ending Communist Party rule reflected ex-leaders’ democratic beliefs but there was no actual plan to oust government, defence says
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[2026-08-28 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Nepali army has been working to rescue survivors who had been trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower project in Rasuwa.
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[2026-08-28 18:28 UTC+10:00] [Airspace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Deputy Pentagon chief Elbridge Colby on Thursday sounded out the support of NATO countries for key U.S. defense objectives, in a first test of ahead of a critical review of American forces in Europe.
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[2026-08-28 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the US and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on 28 February and Tehran retaliated on targets across the Gulf, a quieter contest was taking shape over who could access satellite imagery of the war.
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[2026-08-28 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army officer who ordered a drone strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza has said he is “not sorry” for the attack.
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[2026-08-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenAndreana Denya lost her leg after stepping on a landmine in 1988. It was almost a decade before she received her first prosthetic limb. She now works in the kitchens of the same clinic that helped herShareView image in fullscreenSusan Ide is a former social worker who works in the kitchen alongside Andreana Denya.
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[2026-08-28 17:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-08-28 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Army said Friday it has launched a new tactical unit to demonstrate operational techniques of drones and robots to promote future combat technologies.
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[2026-08-28 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Ararat Rural City Council has begun removing the graffiti on the memorial stone. (Supplied: Ararat Rural City Council )
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[2026-08-28 17:44 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-28 17:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean troops recently crossed the Military Demarcation Line on the eastern front, moving about 10 meters into South Korean territory while conducting a foot patrol, South Korean military officials said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A Russian military official has been killed in a car explosion in St. Petersburg, investigators said Thursday, with local media identifying his rank as lieutenant colonel.
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[2026-08-28 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Senator Mark Kelly said that Donald Trump is facing difficulty in finding an exit from the war on Iran.
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[2026-08-28 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Speculation has abounded over the nature of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's surprise Tuesday trip to Moscow and what was conveyed to top Kremlin intelligence officials.
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[2026-08-28 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-28 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People hold candles walk past police officers near Hong Kong Victoria Park, a place in the past years for people to gather during a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing, in Hong Kong, on June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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[2026-08-28 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Six months have passed since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran. It was a conflict that Trump expected to last "four to five" weeks, but six months later, there's no end in sight. Recently, Trump said that the war "will continue for as long as necessary" and that there's no timetable to resume peace talks with Tehran.
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[2026-08-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Helicopter teams are operating in high-risk conditions following a glacial collapse that inundated the Trishuli 3A project
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[2026-08-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Buddha Tamang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Helicopter teams are operating in high-risk conditions following a glacial collapse that inundated the Trishuli 3A project
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[2026-08-28 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been accused by a prominent ultraconservative figure of going soft over his support for negotiations with the US. The public rift highlights growing divisions in Iran over how to approach the next phase of the war.
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[2026-08-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From the first US and Israeli strikes six months ago to the battle for Hormuz, this timeline plots how Trump’s war on Iran quickly became a regional conflict with global economic consequences
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[2026-08-28 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Nearly two-thirds of South Koreans support the idea of their country having its own nuclear weapons, a poll showed Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Reportedly disfigured in air strikes, Mojtaba Khamenei is said to delegate daily authority while holding final say
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[2026-08-28 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Qom] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Reportedly disfigured in air strikes, Mojtaba Khamenei is said to delegate daily authority while holding final say
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[2026-08-28 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Analysts broadly agree the United States and Israel’s war on Iran will not see regime collapse in Tehran or a definite victory for Washington, but rather a dragged-out affair of stagnation and attrition.
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[2026-08-28 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: For the past month, in an obsessively watched trial testing the insanity plea, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, has argued that his client murdered her children in a state of postpartum psychosis brought on by the negligence and mistreatment of her medical overseers.
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[2026-08-28 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korea supports US President Donald Trump's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, South Korea's national security adviser said on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:19 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Inspiration] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sport and alcohol are a potent mix – and both attract visitors to Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city. It’s home to the Kentucky Derby, the country’s longest-running sporting event. Also known as the “Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sport”, the race has run every year since 1875 – including during World War II and the COVID pandemic.
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[2026-08-28 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kim Kyung-ryul will visit Saudi Arabia later this week for high-level talks on expanding military exchanges and maritime defense cooperation, the Navy said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Friday marks six months since the U.S. and Israel launched "major combat operations" in Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes on targets across the Gulf and sparking a new war in the Middle East.
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Birmingham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran is likely to stick to its guns in the hopes that the US midterms will bring about a Republican defeat, analysts say
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Oman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran is likely to stick to its guns in the hopes that the US midterms will bring about a Republican defeat, analysts say
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[2026-08-28 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul insists any diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang must yield nuclear progress and preserve joint defence readiness
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[2026-08-28 14:56 UTC+10:00] [Coupang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul insists any diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang must yield nuclear progress and preserve joint defence readiness
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[2026-08-28 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Actors perform their final rehearsal of “Odyssey. Maeotis,” which reimagines Homer’s epic, at Ivan Franko theater in Kyiv, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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[2026-08-28 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-08-28 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-28 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces raided and searched homes in the village of Rasm al-Ajraf in southern Syria’s Quneitra province late on Thursday, Al-Ikhbariyya TV reported.
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[2026-08-28 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Marine One on the Ellipse, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-08-28 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will step up efforts to isolate Iran economically as he hosts G20 counterparts next week, a US official said Thursday, in a gathering clouded by war and trade tensions.
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[2026-08-28 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The crew of a military helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on August 4 failed to contact air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
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